Legal Opinion
Mulvania v. Sheriff of Rock Island County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 2017No. 16-1711PublishedCited by 428 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two distinct claims. The first arises from plaintiff Joan Mulva-nia’s arrest and detention at the Rock Island County Jail in November 2010. Mul-vania claims the jail has a widespread practice of conducting strip searches with excessive force and without accommodating people who are experiencing mental distress. The second claim arises from ten other plaintiffs who joined the suit to challenge the Rock Island Sheriffs policy that requires female detainees to wear either white underwear or no underwear at all. They argue the policy is not rationally…
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